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enAnLEs H. KELLoee, or n sr LEVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, nssieNofe or ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT 'ro SAMUEL n. NEWELL AND NELsoN o.

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IMPROVEMENT m MACHINERY FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS i0 CARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195 715, dated October 2, 1877 application filed May 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known thatI, CHARLES H. KnLLoee, of East Leverett, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Attaching Buttons to Cards or Paper; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. I

My invention consists of a machine having certain shafts provided with cams and levers, and arms,- and with a slide, and certain spin dles having a rotating movement, by means of which the buttons when placed in a receptacle, and a card or strip of paper placed on the platform, are both carried forward and placed in proper position to have the card per forated at the points where the holes through the buttons lie and it also consists of certain needles and their bars, together with jaws and drivers, and also of a feed mechanism and cutters, whereby, after the card or paper has been perforated by said needles, small wire or similar material is fed into the ma chine, cut off into proper lengths, bent into the form of staples, the latter inserted through the perforations and also through the eyes of the buttons, and the ends of the staples properly clinched or bent down, so that the buttons are delivered from the machine securely attached to the cards, and ready for packingand shipment, all which will be more fully hereinafter described and set forth.

Figure I is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. II is a plan view of the same. Fig. III is a front view of the same. Fig. IV is arear view. Fig. V is a detail view of the in side of the cam-plate A and groove therein, with the lever operating therewith, which gives motion to the sleeve B and arms secured thereon. Fig. VI is a vertical section of the machine at line I Fig. III. Fig. VII is a detail view of one side of the cam-p1ateA ,showing the groove A and the cam-projection A thereon, which actuate the levers E and 0 respectively. Fig. VIII is a detail view of the reverse side of the plate A showing the grooves A and A therein, which actuate the levers K and B respectively. Fig. IX a" vertical section of the machine at line I Fig. III. Fig. X is an enlarged vertical section through the jaws, showing the position of the needle-bars and needles which pierce the card, and the drivers which drive the staples up through the card and buttons. Fig. XIis a frontview of the drivers, jaws, and needle-bars, showing the needles forced up, as inthe operation of piercing the card, and with the cam and jaws partially broken away to show the drivers, which are located inside or between the jaws. Fig. XII is a front view of the same parts of the macliinewith the needlebars drawn down, and the jaws and driversmoved up, as in the operation of forming the staple; and Fig. XIII is a front view of the same parts with the needleb'ars moved to one side, and the jaws and drivers moved up, as in the operation of forcing the staple through the card and button, and secin'ing it. V

I11 the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine 5 I, the platform supported thereon, having at the sides the horizontal guides orways I and the vertical guides orways m A is g the main cam-shaft, upon which are ga cured the cams which give motion to all the other parts of the mechanism. 13,135, 0, and H are rock-shafts, havlngtheir bearings in the frame or in parts attached tliereto,- at suitable points, upon which shafts are secured the arms which are moved by contact with the cams to move the rock-shafts, and also the levers attached thereto and connected with the moving mechanism. j

f is a slide, moving to and fro in the horizontal ways or guides P, at the rear end of machine, and upon which slide are two upright or vertical guides, I, one on each side, in which the carriage F moves up and down, the slide f being moved forward horizontally by the piece A upon the cam-plateA? co ing in contact with the end of the arm H, rocking the shaft H, and moving the lever H? and slide f, to which it is attached, forward. The slide is. moved back again by the piece 21 pivoted at z to the cam-plate A ,;said piece being made adjustable to cause the slide to be thrown back a greater or less distance by dles e, to which they are attached.

the screw 2 passing through a flange, A and against the piece 2 and a small rockshaft, L, is caused to rock by the arm K moving in a groove in the cam-plate A and the arms K and L connected therewith.

A suitable number of circular guides, are attached to the forward end of the hopper or chute G, and a rock-shaft, m is supported in suitable bearings, with stops or trips Z (corresponding in number and linear position with the guides :0 attached to the shaft, and when the slide f moves forward the projection i on the slide strikes against a similar projection, i 011 the shaft 00 and rocks the latter and elevates the forward depressed end of the trip 1', and permits a single button to drop into the circular guide m and down upon the platform in front of the slide f.

The carriage F is provided with a suitable number of spindles, 0, each having two points at its lower end, which points are the same distance apart as the two thread-holes through a button, and these spindles are located directly forward of, and in a line with, the circular guides of, and to each spindle is secured a small toothed wheel, z, the teeth of which engage with the teeth of a rack, m, which is arranged to slide to and fro in the carriage F,

and operates to rotate the wheels 1' and spin- The spindles are held down by springs arranged thereon,'but they may be forced upward slightly, if necessary.

The rack m is caused to move to and fro by a bell-crank, F pivoted to the frame at F, one arm of which is loosely attached to a vertical pin on the rack, and the other arm attached to the slide f, so that when the latter is moved forward the rack is moved in one direction, and when the slide is moved backward the rack is moved in the opposite direction, causing the small wheels 6 and the spindles e to make a reciprocating rotary movement as they move forward and backward.

When the slide f is moved forward the carriage F is dropped by the movement of the arm K against its cam, causing the sharp pins 0 fixed in the carriage F to slide forward upon the platform. The pins have a spring attached to each, to allow them to be forced upward a little, and when the .slide moves back the carriage is raised by the action of the cam and arm K.

- m is a frame sliding up and down freely in the vertical ways m which. movement is caused by the lever E operating in the groove A in the cam-plate A", which rocks the shat'tE and moves the arms Ill and E which are connected on each side of the machine to the frainem. I

. This frame is provided with a series of hollow guides, n capable of a slight vertical movement in the frame, and held down by springs m attached to the upper part of the frame, or secured in any convenient manner, the lower end of the guides terminating in a short tube, 12 of about the same size as the spindles 6, so as to enter freely the large holein one side of the button, and hold the latter firmly in place while the needles are perforating the card; and these guides n and tube at the lower ends are hollow, with a plimger, an, operating inside.

These plungers are held up by springs placed around their upper ends, or by any other convenient means, and are forced down by arms w attached to a rock-shaft, 20, motion being given to the latter by the cam A throwing the upper end of the arm against the arm w attached to the rock-shaft w, as shown in Fig. IX.

The jaws 7c consist of two upright bars, their lower ends secured to the horizontal piece and extending up through the guides 0 secured to the frame of the machine, with the upright needle-bars h between them at one edge, and the drivers t between them at the other edge.

The needle-bars h are all attached to one horizontal bar, h, at their lower ends, and stand in a vertical position beneath the platform P, the needles (two in the upper end of each bar) being directly beneath the holes 0 in the platform, and the needle-bars are held in their proper vertical position between the two sides of the jaws k at one edge, and their upper ends extend inward, and have a shoulder, W, as shown in Figs. XI, XII, and XIII, and each bar is provided with a projection or pin, 8, near its upper end.

The drivers t consist of a series of upright bars, secured at their lower ends to the horizontal bar 8, and extending up between the jaws k at one edge, their upper ends extending inward, so that their extreme upper ends will be between the jaws and directly beneath the small recess t in the extreme upper ends of the jaws, as shown clearly in Fig. XI. Two cams or pieces, 7*, are pivoted at 1" to the piece 0 secured on the front side of the guides 0, said pieces having on their inside upper edges the projections 5, and also similar projections in a corresponding position at their lower ends, and these pieces 1" are elongated at their upper ends, in which elongated part of each. is a slot, 8, in which the pins 8 move up and down. The piece 1 is attached to the bar 70, and as it moves up between the cams a" it strikes against the upper projections 5 of the cams, and throws the pins 8 and upper ends of the needle-bars apart or outward, as shown clearly in Fig. XIII, and as the piece l moves down again it strikes against the lower projections 5, throwing the upper slotted parts of the pieces 1", and the pins 8, and needlebars h inward, as shown clearly in Figs. XI and XII.

In the arrangement of the parts above described the hole 0 in the platform P, the tubular projection n on the lower ends of each of the guides 12, the rotating spindles e, and the circular guides 00 are all in a direct line with each other in a direction lengthwise of the machine, and any desired number of each may be used side by side to operate upon any desired number of buttons at once, and each needle, driver, and set of jaws is located directly beneath a corresponding hole, 0, and tubular projection of, and in line or in the same vertical plane with the corresponding before-mentioned parts of the machine above the platform, so that the desired number of buttons may be attached to a card at each revolution of the shaft A.

A spring, j, is attached to a cross-bar, j, or other convenient point on the machine, which spring extends rearward, close to the platform, and beneath each guide a to a point just in front of the circular guide .10 a spring to each hole 0, so that when the slide f moves forward it pushes a button forward under each spring into a position, so that when the carriage F moves back and drops, the lower end of each spindle e enters the large hole in the button, and (the spring being made forked for that purpose) carries the button forward along the platform and beneath the spring when the carriage F is moved forward.

The needle-bars 71, may be connected to gether at their upper ends by ahorizontal bar, h-*that is to say, if the buttons are to be attached to the cards in a series of four in each row, only one piece, I, will be required, with two needle-bars, h, each side, which two may be connected together by a bar, h so that the lateral or side movement of the first needlebar each side of the piece I will be communicated to the second one on the same side by the said bar ]L3, and the four needle-bars be oper ated with only two cams, r, and one piece, 1, between.

The needle-bars h are moved upward and downward by the lever 13 attached to the shaft B, and moving in its groove in the camplate A and the two arms B secured to said shaft, and connected with the horizontal bar h, to which the lower ends of the needle-bars h are attached.

The shaft G has its hearings in pieces 1) se cured to the arms 13', and secured to said shaft are the arms and the lever 0 the latter operating against the cam A on the cam-plate A as said plate revolves, to give a rocking motion to the shaft O. The arms C are connected with the horizontal bar 8, attached to the lower ends of the drivers t to move the latter up and down.

The jaws is, attached at their lower ends to the bar 70, are moved up and down by the arm 13", connected with said bar by the piece 13 said arm being secured to the sleeve I? placed loosely upon the shaft B, and a rocking motion is given to the sleeve B by the lever B secured to the sleeve and operating in a groove in the cam-plate A Supported in bearings Y, secured to the frame, is a shaft, D, to which is fixed an arm, D, with a slotted piece, D attached thereto, so that said piece is adjustable upon the arm, to give the shaft the desired degree of rocking movement, either more or less, as is desired.

The opposite end of the arm D terminates in the arm D, and is upon the opposite side of the shaft D, and also secured to the shaft D on the arms I), which are connected by the arms D to the projection D on the lower side of the plate y. This plate is hinged to the piece S at any convenient point, as at the front edge at 3 but in such manner that the plate will only open down from the piece S but a short distance; and the plate is provided with a flat disk, or piece of rubber, cork, or similar substance, secured thereto at points directly in line with the holes 2 2 inthe front end of the machine.

WVhen the shaft D is rocked in one direction, by the lever or cam A on the shaft A strik ing against the arm D or its piece D the arms D and D press the plate y backward and close it up firmly against the sliding piece S, and then forces that backward in the grooves 01. hen the shaft D is rocked in the opposite direction, the arms D and D operate to draw the plate y down, and to draw both the plate and the piece S forward in the grooves v The piece It, secured to the frame or to the lower side of the platform, has a series of horizontal holes, '0 therein, in line with the holes 2 2, or nearly so, and also in line with the recesses t in the tops of the jaws 7c; and beneath this piece It is a small shaft, '17, upon which, beneath the holes c, are secured the cutters c the sharp cutting-points of which are moved up past the rear end of the holes c by the lever or cam A as it rotates, striking back the arm n attached to the shaft 11, the latter being forced back again by a spring attached thereto.

A spring, Z, may be placed between the platform P and the sliding plate S to give the latter the necessary friction.

The hopper or chute G is divided vertically at the lower end into the same number of compartments as there are holes 0 in the platform, or series of needles and accompanying mechanism for attaching the buttons to the card.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The paper card to which the buttons are to be attached is inserted at the rear end of the machine, between the platform 1? and the slide f, and far enough forward that the sharp points 0 may rest upon the card, and any number of buttons (which should have the ordinary large holcorrecessonone side, and two smaller threadholes extending from the bottom of that through to the other side, as the ordinary vegetableivory buttons are made,) are placed in the chute Gr with the side having the large hole or recess uppermost, when they will slide down to ard and into the lower end of the chute, the foremost one passing in between the forks of the trip i Power then being applied to the shaft A to give the latter a rotary motion, the arm H" will move the carriage F and slide f forward, the series of trips i being tilted by the projection i permitting one button to drop down into each of the guides 00 upon the platform P as the slide is moved back again. The

next movement ofi'theslid'e f pushes this button or series of buttons, which have dropped.

upon the-platform, forward along the latter, to

a point sothat as the carriage F is slightly raisedi it passesback to a pointabove the but ton or line of buttons, and the lever K and arms-K and L "cause the carriage to drop, bringing'thesharp: points cand the wiresc down, the former uponthe card andlthc latter behind the buttons upon the platform.

As-the slide and'carriage are again moved dlerises slightly, owing to the elasticity of itsspring, and as the carriage F'moves forward the rackon, by the pivoted arm F and the toothed wheels 2' on-the spindles engaging with:

the teeth of the rack, the 'wheels and-spindles are causedi torrevolve, and when the spindles turnso:- that the points on their lower ends and the holes in the buttons do correspond, the points drop into the holes.

The buttons and card are both carriedforwardf toa point so that the holes-iuthe but tons are directly over the holes oin. the plat form, and also-overthe needles.

moved downby the lever E and arms. E

and E the tubular projections or ends a on 1 the lower ends of the hollow plungers a cu tering the large holes or recesses of the buttons, and holding the latter firmly in place. The

needles k are then movedup by thelever B4 and arms B, and pierce the card immediately beneath-the two holes in each button, the position of the needles being shown in Fig..XL

While the-carriage F and slide f are beingmoved forward-to bring the buttons over the holesoin the platform- P, the small wireshown at 1-, which has been=inserted inthe-holes 2 in the front of the machine and between the plate y and piece S, and also through the piece R, as shown clearly in Fig. I-X, is movedforward the proper distance b y the rock-shaft and arms D' and D actuated by the cam A and arm I), the plate y'bei'ng pressed up firmly against the piecev S and grasping the wire firmly by the force exerted to movethe plate back: toward the needles.- The needles are then drawn downward so that their shoulders. k are nearly onthe same horizontal plane with the wire,.and the jaws 7c are then moved up by the lever B, which is secured to the sleeve B on the shaft B, until the Wire is caught in the recesses t inthe top of the jaws and pressed up alittleagainst the shoulder k of the needle bar.

While that part of the wire which: projects beyond the rear edge of the piece R is thus held between the top of the jaws k and the shoulder The carriage F then moving back, the frame on is. then h ,.the small shaft'v-isrocked; by thecamA striking against. the arm; n, and the: cutters e are moved: up and cut off these projecting pieces of wire,- andthejaws 7a are thencarriedzup past the shoulder h ,.(the latter being between the jaws,) as shown. in. Fig. XII, and each piece of wire thus cut off is thereby. bent into the form of a staple.- The jaws and needlebars then continue their. upward movement, the piece I, also attached to the bar 70., being, between the two lower projections 5-on= the pivoted piecesr, and holding the needle-bars h! in a vertical positionby the slot 8 andzthepin 8 on=each.-needle-bar; but as the piecel con.- tinues to move up it strikesagainst theupper projections 5 on the said pivoted pieces 1",.and forces their upper slotted: ends apart, andcarryingtheneedlebars and the shoulders h thereon outward and: away. from the jaws, as showirin Fig. XIIL. The jaws then pass up, carrying the ends of the-staple up to theholes madein the card bythe needles, and-thedrivers t; are then carried up by the arm G attached. to-the shaft 0, which is moved bythe'lever O? andcam A on the plate A the drivers .passing up betweenv the jaws and driving the staple up through theholesinthe card, .and alsothrough: the=holesin thc button; and when the drivers: are in. this. position,.the ends'of the staples; projecting above the button and up intothe tubular projection= on the lower ends-ofthe hollow pieces n, the plungers m are forced? down by the arms 20 and the endsof thesta ples bent over or clinched, thus-securing each :button to thecard.

f jaws 7c and piece Z descend, and as the piece-ll. strikes against the-lower projections 5 on the pieces-r the upper slotted ends of said. pieces are moved inward,,carryin g the upper ends of the needle-bars h 'back into-a vertical position, and the jaws, drivers, and needle-bars allldescend to their original position.

Another series of buttons are then moved forward, and the'card' moved forward also, at the next forward movement of the carriage I, and the sameoperations are repeated until the required. number of buttonsv are secured;. or, the card may be along strip, and',.after-the buttons are secured,,the strip cut ofl'=,.leaving the desired number of buttons upon each piece.

When the plate y and its piece S,.which feeds the wire to-the cutters, are moved toward the needles, the wireis grasped between the-plate y, or between the rubber securedthereon, and the piece S, and ismoved back toward the cutters; but when the plate is moved forward again toward the front'of the machine, or.- away from the cutters, the plate is tilted? down on its hinge, and, the pressure beingremoved from the wire,.itremains stationary until. the plate grasps .itagain.

Any desired numberof needle-bars,.drivers, and jawsbeneaththe platform may be used, andacorrespondingarrangement of mechanism above the platform, so that any desired After theseries of buttonsare secured thenumber of buttons may be secured to the card at each revolution of the shaft A and all the needle-bars h on either side of the verticallymoving piece I may be connected by a horizontal bar, h, so that when the first needlebar on each side of said piece I is thrown outward by the slot 8 and pin 5, or thrown inward again by the downward movement of said piece I, the movement of the first needle-bar h on each side of said piece shall be communicated to all the other needle'bars on the same side.

Whenever buttons which are not provided with the large recess in one side are to be attached to cards, of course the lower ends of the spindles 0 cannot enter the button, except the two points on their lower ends, which enter the eyes, when the position of the two correspond 5 and in that case the two pins 0, which are secured to the carriage F a little distance each side of each spindle e, and a little behind them, operate to carry the buttons forward, and hold them in position while being attached to the cards.

When the carriage F moves back and drops, these pins (two to each button) drop down behind the buttons, and carry them forward between them, while each spindle also rotates upon the button until the two points find the eyes of the button, and then drop in. These pins maybe made adjustable forward and back, to suit buttons of different sizes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1'. In a machine for securing buttons to cards or paper, the combination of the chute G, the series of trips t the slide f, and the levers H as a means of delivering the buttons, one by one in each series, in position upon the platform adapted to be moved up by the carriage F to be seemed to the card or paper, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the carriage F, the spindles e, and the points- 0, said carriage having both a vertical and a horizontal movement, as a means of carrying the buttons and card forward upon the platform into position where they are secured together, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the carriage F, the rotatin g spindles 0, each provided with a toothed wheel, '5, and with two points upon the extreme lower end of each spindle, the rack m, and the pivoted arm W, as a means of carrying the buttons forward and placing them in a position with their eye-holes directly over the needle-points, in position to be secured to the card, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the needle-bars h, provided with the shoulders W, and needlepoints on their upper end, and the jaws k, whereby the holes are pierced in the card, and the staples are formed ready to be inserted through the said holes and buttons, substan tially as set forth.

5. The combination of the piece I, the slotted pivoted pieces 4", thevneedle-bars h provided with the shoulders h and projections s, the jaws k, and the drivers t, whereby the staples are formed, moved up to position, and driven through the card and buttons to be clinched, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the jaws 7c, the drivers t, the tubular guides at, and the plungers m, as a means of holding the staples in place and clinching them to secure the buttons to the card, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the sliding piece S, the plate g hinged thereto, the piece R, acting as a stationary knife, and the vibrating cutters '0 as a means of feeding the wire and cutting it intoproper lengths to be formed into staples, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination of the plate A the piece 2 pivoted thereto, and the set-screw 2 turned through a flange on said plate, all forming an adjustable cam to regulate the backward movement of the slide f, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES H. KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

T. A. (Evans,

E. A. THAYER. 

